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This section includes 30 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Arts (BA) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
I can swim for six hours at a stretch. Here can means |
| A. | Permission |
| B. | Suggestion |
| C. | Ability |
| D. | Request |
| Answer» D. Request | |
| 2. |
According to Socrates, the first lesson at school is |
| A. | Not A B C, but to wash faces and eyes and hands |
| B. | Not to wear jewellery, but to use quinine and mosquito nets |
| C. | Both the above |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 3. |
Choose the correct one word substitute for to move on hands and knees |
| A. | Brawl |
| B. | Crawl |
| C. | Catwalk |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Catwalk | |
| 4. |
Read the telephonic conversation given below and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate answer.Railway inquiry: Good afternoon. Railway inquiry.Caller: ______ you tell me when the Sachkhand Express to Amritsar leaves, please. |
| A. | Will |
| B. | Shall |
| C. | Could |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 5. |
In telephonic communication who speaks first? |
| A. | Caller |
| B. | Operator |
| C. | Receiver |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 6. |
She s not feeling well today. Here She s means |
| A. | She is |
| B. | She has |
| C. | She was |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. She has | |
| 7. |
Which of the following expressions is never used to greet a person? |
| A. | Good Morning |
| B. | Good Night |
| C. | Good Evening |
| D. | Hello |
| Answer» C. Good Evening | |
| 8. |
Hi, Rani! What s up? This expression is an instance of |
| A. | Formal expression |
| B. | Informal expression |
| C. | Both the above |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Both the above | |
| 9. |
Read the telephonic conversation given below and answer the given question.Fire Service: Hello. Fire station.Caller: I m Anju Shukla. A fire has broken out at the Tara Singh Market, Vazirabad. Please send the fire engines soon.Fire Service: They re already on their way, ma am. They should be there any time now.Caller: Thank you. They re in the above dialogue is the contracted form of |
| A. | They were |
| B. | There are |
| C. | They are |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 10. |
Read the following dialogue and answer the given question.Rohit: Akash, meet Irfan. He s the captain of our football team.Akash: Hello, Irfan. Glad to meet you. I m Akash Patil, captain of the basketball team.Irfan: Nice to meet you too.In this conversation: |
| A. | Rohit introduces Akash and Irfan to each other |
| B. | Rohit introduces Akash to Irfan and Akash introduces himself to Irfan |
| C. | Rohit introduces Irfan to Akash |
| D. | Rohit introduces Irfan to Akash and Akash introduces himself to Irfan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
On cutting her hair Della looked like ______ |
| A. | A man |
| B. | A small girl |
| C. | A truant schoolboy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 12. |
The family name of James and Della is ______ |
| A. | Dillingham |
| B. | Young |
| C. | Magi |
| D. | James |
| Answer» C. Magi | |
| 13. |
In The Bet , the lawyer agrees to stay in solitary confinement for how long? |
| A. | 5 years |
| B. | 10 years |
| C. | 15 years |
| D. | 20 years |
| Answer» D. 20 years | |
| 14. |
Which of the following authors wrote under the pen-name of O. Henry? |
| A. | William Sydney Porter |
| B. | Anton Chekhov |
| C. | Henry James |
| D. | Stephen Leacock |
| Answer» B. Anton Chekhov | |
| 15. |
People were attracted to the astrologer as |
| A. | Calves are attracted to the cow |
| B. | Bees are attracted to dahlia stalks |
| C. | Ants are attracted to sugar |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Ants are attracted to sugar | |
| 16. |
The astrologer sat under the _______ tree. |
| A. | Banyan |
| B. | Neem |
| C. | Babul |
| D. | Tamarind |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
The fee of the astrologer was ______ |
| A. | Five pies per question |
| B. | Three pies per question |
| C. | Five rupees per question |
| D. | One rupee per question |
| Answer» C. Five rupees per question | |
| 18. |
Which of the following modals is used to give advice? |
| A. | Shall |
| B. | Will |
| C. | Would |
| D. | Should |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Choose the correct one word substitute for Study of the position of planets and their influence on human affairs and the natural world |
| A. | Astrology |
| B. | Astronomy |
| C. | Astrophysics |
| D. | Astrometry |
| Answer» B. Astronomy | |
| 20. |
Rub it on your forehead and go home. Never travel southward again, and you will live to be a hundred. This is said by ______ |
| A. | Jim to Della |
| B. | Lawyer to the Banker |
| C. | Socrates to the Schoolmaster |
| D. | Astrologer to Guru Nayak |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Fill in the blank by using the appropriate preposition: She was ransacking the stores _____ Jim s present. |
| A. | With |
| B. | By |
| C. | Over |
| D. | For |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
How old was the author when he visited the photographer? |
| A. | Twenty years |
| B. | Thirty years |
| C. | Forty years |
| D. | Fifty years |
| Answer» D. Fifty years | |
| 23. |
The photographer asks the author to drop his ____ a little more. |
| A. | Eyes |
| B. | Hair |
| C. | Face |
| D. | Ears |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
After all, the doctor is a stranger to the strong and healthy; his work is with |
| A. | The rich and the established |
| B. | The poor and the downtrodden |
| C. | The sick and the weak |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 25. |
Which of the following is the antonym of filthy ? |
| A. | Dirty |
| B. | Foul |
| C. | Unclean |
| D. | Clean |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Which of the following is the synonym of impertinent ? |
| A. | Polite |
| B. | Kind |
| C. | Impolite |
| D. | Gentle |
| Answer» D. Gentle | |
| 27. |
Match the words in List A with their synonyms in List B and select the proper answer from the options given below:List A List Bi) Mould a) slimii) Punctually b) denyiii) Slender c) promptlyiv) Deprive d) shape |
| A. | i-b, ii-c, iii-a, iv-d |
| B. | i-d, ii-c, iii-a, iv-b |
| C. | i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c |
| D. | i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d |
| Answer» C. i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c | |
| 28. |
Fill in the blank by using the appropriate article: Just then ___ mother was heard scolding her child and using language which made Socrates jump with horror. |
| A. | The |
| B. | An |
| C. | A |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 29. |
He had a working analysis of mankind s troubles: marriage, money and _____ tangles of human ties. |
| A. | The |
| B. | An |
| C. | A |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. An | |
| 30. |
Fill in the blank by using the appropriate preposition: Come back on Saturday, and I ll let you see a proof _____ it. |
| A. | At |
| B. | On |
| C. | For |
| D. | Of |
| Answer» E. | |